idiographic and nomothetic

Question 1

nomothetic approaches try to …

Answer 1

establish general laws for everyone

Question 2

idiographic approaches focus on..

Answer 2

individual differences

Question 3

Is a correlational study a nomothetic or idiographic method?

Explain your answer.

Answer 3

nomothetic method because it tries to establish general conclusions about whether two variables are associated.

Question 4

which research methods are nomothetic

Answer 4

experiments

correlational studies

Question 5

Nomothetic methods use ……. data because they are trying to establish general laws about …….

Answer 5

quantitative

an entire population

Question 7

Name two idiographic methods of data collection.

Answer 7

unstructured interviews
open questions

Question 8

Which of the approaches primarily use nomothetic methods?
(4)

Answer 8

behaviourist
slt
biological
cognitive

Question 9

Which approach says that psychology should only ever be idiographic?

Answer 9

humanistic

Question 10

Which approaches sometimes use idiographic methods, but primarily use nomothetic methods and ultimately aim for nomothetic theories?

Answer 10

behaviourist
cognitive
biological
social learning theory or slt

Answer 11

aims for nomothetic theories, but only uses idiographic methods.